- Date
- July 24, 1974
- Place
- Torrance, CA · TORRANCE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1552Pitts Spcl S-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740724022989A
- Case key
- 132562
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1874 74/7/24 TORRANCE,CALIF PITTS SPCL S-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 3500 TIME - 0730 N1552 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRANCE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TORRANCE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RT MLG FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1552
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl S-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Torrance Muni
N1552Registered now · Calif Deuel Vocational Inst PITTS SPECIALAirframe modelCalif Deuel Vocational Inst PITTS SPECIALEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.